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2009 World Junior Championship gold medal game January 5, 2009

Angelo Esposito of Canada battles for the puck with Jacob Markstrom of Sweden during the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championships gold medal game held at Scotiabank Place on January 5, 2009 in Ottawa, Ontario.(Photo By Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images)

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft